Thanks everyone, for your feedback on last week’s post regarding the future of the Friday Five. It seems no one really minds a bit of a whinge on a Friday and everyone’s in favour of a few laughs, so I’m pleased to announce The Friday Five is here to stay!
So here we go with the very first Friday Five for 2014, with special thanks to the lovely Beth for suggesting this week’s Back To School theme!
1 // An alarm clock. After 6-8 long weeks of lazy mornings and non-existent lunch box duties, we are on like Donkey Kong next week. I don’t know about you but I’m not looking forward to being woken up at 6am to cut the crust of sandwiches and plait hair. And then of course, there’s getting the kids ready. Boom, Tish.
2 or 3 // Now numbers two or three all depend on where you’re at, school wise. If this week marks your first born heading off to Big School for the very first time, then you’re going to need tissues. For you, not your child. Because for some, saying goodbye to your child as they enter the big wide world of Kindy/Prep/Year One can be a very daunting process and you may well get something in your eye as you walk out of the classroom once the teacher tells you you’re good to go.
If however you’re saying goodbye to your child/children for the second, third, fourth or last time you are going to want to frock up in a cheerleading outfit and throw those pom poms around like nobodies business because after 8 long weeks of entertaining the kids during the summer school holidays, you’re finally free! I don’t know about you, but I reckon the only thing that beats that feeling is picking up a new outfit at the shops at what can only be described as a Heavily Discounted Price. (Click here for an example of that. Along with a fairly impressive gun show. We’ll wait for you to come back.)
4 // Your credit card. Because now that you’ve forked out for school books, uniforms and maybe even school fees, that little piece of plastic is all yours again. Feel free to warm it up by making a few purchases for yourself. Which I may or may not have already done.
5 // Wine. And plenty of it. You’ll need it early in the week to celebrate the beginning of another school year and you’ll need it again by Friday to cope your over tired/over excited kids who will either a) already be whinging that they don’t want to go back to school next week or b) loving school so much they’ll spend the entire weekend asking you how many hours to go before they can get back there. Which, FYI, will require you to put the wine glass down before answering with, “Mummy’s busy. Go ask your Father.” Or so I’ve heard!
Are your kids heading back to school next week? Is the wine chilled and ready to go?!
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